title: [A dog's groomer with a painful hand].
abstract: A dog's groomer suffered from an abscess on the palmar side of his right hand which was caused by the migration of cut dog hairs into the epidermis, diagnosed as an occupational interdigital sinus pilonidalis. The patient was treated by surgical excision of the abscess.
authors.affiliation: Medisch Universitair Centrum Maastricht, afd. Chirurgie, Maastricht, the Netherlands. fransensofie@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Sofie A F
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Fransen
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hanneman
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D010864:Pilonidal Sinus / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome